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The Natural Philosopher   wrote:
>I have sshd running wide open on two public servers. Although they are
>attacked constantly - several per second attempts - no one has ever
>guessed my username and password, which is the only one that allows a
>login...

If you're logging into a public-facing server with your password, you're
doing it wrong.  Read up on SSH public-key authentication, and set it up.
It's easy, and it's more secure than passwords.

Also, if you don't already have it, set up fail2ban.  It'll ban IPs that
hammer your SSH server.

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